Hall of Fame to be displayed in Hulsey Wellness Center

Hannah Johnson Reporter

Student Association (SA) is starting a new project in collaboration with the intramural program to display “Hall of Fame” plaques featuring the names of players who win championships on a wall in the Hulsey Wellness Center.

The plaques will focus on men’s A-league and B-league teams and women’s A-league teams. According to Troy Walker, professor in the School of Health and Kinesiology and director of intramurals, some will likely be put up this month. Walker added that the current plan is to place the plaques in the hallway between Hulsey and Iles Gym.

Although SA is involved in several programs across campus, its involvement in intramurals has been lacking in recent years, said Kenneth Bautista, senior finance major and current SA president. SA started intramurals around the 1970s, and then the School of Health and Kinesiology took control of the program. Recently, members of SA began wondering how to become involved again to reach more students.

Starting this year, SA officers have become more involved by buying Southern players Gatorade during a volleyball tournament. Next, they gave Gatorade to both teams during the basketball championship and sponsored a halftime show. The group also came up with the idea to create Hall of Fame plaques.

“I think [introducing Hall of Fame plaques] is an exciting way to showcase our students' sports,” said Bautista. “We don't have a competitive sports team, but [Southern’s] intramurals is one of the best. It’s a highlight of the year; it’s a booming program. [There are] tons of students that go to watch and play. I just feel like it was something that could boost the program a little more.”

Bautista and Walker want to set up plaques showcasing championship teams from multiple sports. The plaques will feature the names of each student on the championship team, they said, and hopefully encourage students to compete harder to get their names on the wall.

“Student Association really is about supporting students and making sure students have the best time here on campus,” Bautista said. “This is just a little way that we can help make sports a bit more competitive and a little more fun. We are trying to give credit to the teams that win.”

Driver arrested after alleged involvment in high-speed chase on campus

Jeremy Lee Logan, the driver allegedly involved in the highspeed chase that took place on Southern Adventist University’s campus on Oct. 7, has been arrested and taken into custody by the Collegedale Police Department (CPD), according to a post made on the department’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.

Logan was first taken into custody by Bradley County law enforcement–the county in which Logan is a resident, according to Assistant Chief Jamie Heath.

“Once we were advised that he was being held at the Bradley County Jail on our warrants, we transported him to the Hamilton County Jail,” Heath wrote in an email to the Accent. “Chief Sapp and the Collegedale Police Department appreciate our partnering agencies who continued to help us locate and finally arrest Jermey Lee Logan as he remained on the move to avoid capture.”

Logan was allegedly involved with two pursuits involving the Collegedale police and was successfully able to evade law enforcement during both chases, according to a previous Accent article. cle into Bradley County, but terminated the pursuit due to safety reasons. The second pursuit occurred in Oct. 2022 when Logan drove through Southern’s campus, endangering students and other drivers, according to Heath.

The subsequent crash at the end of Camp Road during the October pursuit assisted CPD officers in identifying Logan as the alleged driver involved in both pursuits.

He has been charged with four felonies and six misdemeanors, including two charges of evading arrests, two charges of driving on a revoked license, tampering with evidence, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of stolen property, vandalism and aggravated assault on law enforcement, according to the post.

Logan is currently being held at the Hamilton County Jail with an $18,000 bond, and his court date has been set for April 2 at 3 p.m.